Episode 3 of Guns, Germs, and Steel

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As you watch the episode, which explores African interactions with the theories in Guns, Germs, and Steel, please look for answers to these questions:

1. What factors helped European colonists be successful in South Africa?
2. Describe interactions between Zulus and voertrekkers (Europeans).
3. What do vocabulary similarities tell us about African languages?
4. How does Diamond explain the sudden failures encountered by European colonialists as they migrated north into Africa?
5. What diseases acted in reverse to infect Europeans but not Africans?

Assignment: Submit answers to any 4 of these questions under the Discussion tab, above.

An overview of episode 3: Guns, Germs, and Steel.